N
L
Balakrishnan,
the
popular
actor-photographer
who
has
been
active
in
the
film
industry
since
last
52
years,
passed
away.
The
72
year
old,
who
was
undergoing
treatment
for
cancer,
in
Thiruvananthapuram
medical
college.
Cremation
will
take
palce
at
his
house,
in
Poudikkonam
at
2
pm
today.
Narayanan
Lakshmi
Balakrishnan
aka
N
L
Balakrishnan,
was
born
in
1943
in
Poudikkonam,
Trivandrum.
He
did
his
diploma
in
Painting
from
Fine
Arts
collge,
Thrivananthapuram.
The
actor
later
got
trained
in
photography
from
various
popular
studios
and
later
ventured
into
movies.
Balakrishnan
has
worked
in
almost
170
movies
as
a
still
photographer.
He
was
a
long-time
assosiate
of
veteran
film
makers
like
P
Padmarajan,
Bharathan,
John
Abraham,
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan,
G
Aravindan,
K
G
George
etc.
He
has
also
worked
as
a
photojournalist
in
Kerala
Kaumudi
for
almost
11
years.
As
an
actor,
N
L
Balakrishnan
has
appeared
in
almost
180
movies.
He
made
his
acting
debut
with
Rajeev
Anchal's
Ammanam
Kili.
He
has
acted
in
popular
movies
including
Orkkapurathu,
Kakkothikkavile
Appooppanthadikal,
Pattanapravesham,
Joker
etc.
Balakrishnan
last
appeared
in
Mammootty
starrer
Daivathinte
Swantham
Cleetus,
in
2013.
The
actor,
who
had
won
the
Kerala
Lalithakala
Academy
Award
and
Chalachithra
Prathibha
Award,
has
also
published
a
book,
titled
Black
&
White,
in
2011.
He
is
survived
by
wife
Nalini,
sons
Jayabalan
and
Jayakrishnan
and
daughter
Kunju
Mol.